Two weeks ago at the track
GH versus Livernois
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Looks good
He just emailed me and said my logs look good. His exact words were, “maybe another point of octane to be perfect, but other than that nothing else to change.”
I did put the extra pint of trans fluid in this morning, and it’s shifting smoother across the board, but you said you already did that to yours. Even my 5th to 4th is smoother than yesterday. Im just gonna keep and eye and give it more time to adapt. I’m thinking it’s that, and the advance trac not liking the extra torque at first maybe.
True that. Anyone ever dealt with crank relearn? And maybe I should do another KAM reset or is that pointless? I installed the correctly gapped plugs like 4-5 days after uploading the GH tune so maybe that has something to do with it? Hmmm
No need for a crank relearn. Unless you changed out the PCM. If you do a KAM reset, remember be patient, drive casual for awhile, drive crazy for awhile, and mix them up. Takes hundreds of miles for the car to relearn. Not caught up but you mentioned shift issues, I might have miss it, but are you running upgraded trans mounts?
I am not. That’s something to look into. 1-2 shifts and syncs up perfect but2-3 and so on bumps/jolts into gear.b
Trans mounts are a must. 99% of your shift problems are a side effect of stock torsion "trans" mount. Stock mounts hate more power. That's wheel hop your experiencing. Research here about AD mounts. Well worth the money, easy install. World of difference. Need his contact for Facebook just ask. Great guy, high quality product.
Appreciate it. Yeah, what is the best way to contact him?
Just message him, the transaction can all take place through Facebook messenger. He is a legit business man, and is respected for his service especially here in this forum and others.
What year is your SHO? His comes with both front and rear. I have a 2018 so i had to buy front mount and have shop weld plates on frame to secure front one. Ford being lazy deleted front mount for last couple years.
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Just a heads up, in the past he has wanted payment Friends and Family. While I normally would pass on a purchase with that requirement, AD is a stand up guy. I have made 2 purchases Friends and Family with both shipped with tracking number same day and product in hand, great packaging, excellent product within a week.
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What made you put extra qt of tranny fluid? I just tuned my car and shifting is a little funky ( to much time between shifts) and my turbo seems to spool a little louder. Is that why you added a qt.
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Sorry just read the thread i know why now thanks
Yeah. So, I just received a “softer shifting” tune. It did help overall, BUT still, from 2-3 it just feels like it’s almost going into fear too quick, which makes my slightly jolt in my seat. Bottom line is it doesn’t sync up and feel like butter like 1-2 does, when it should… 3-4, 4-5 and 5-6 aren’t nearly as noticeable as 2-3. We’ll see what happens, maybe it’ll adapt more to this modification but I doubt it…
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My problem is @ wot and turbos spool loader then normal and the car feels like a boat and really no pickup shifting in not shifting quick enough im thinking maybe trans fluid, but its odd all of a sudden after tuning the car this started happening. Maybe a boost leak not sure... Car only has 30k so its still a baby...
Yeah try going a pint heavy on the trans fluid. It made a noticeable difference for me. It didn’t completely take away the “issues”, but that will probably be fixed when I put the mount on
I think it’s technically a quart heavy. 2 pints = 1 quart. Same idea I guess, just double it.
Did you run it with just the rear before having the plates welded on for the front mount? I have a 2017 so I’m curious how much is improved with just the rear mount, or if the front it “necessary”
UPDATE: I called the Ford dealer, they said they 110% replace the torque converter whenever they replace a transmission (which was replaced 1.5 years ago). Matt from GH was talking about strategy codes and the valvebody with the new tranny as well, so I asked about that and the Ford dealer said they have to do that or else the new transmission just won’t work right. Now, the torque converter could have gone bad over the last 1.5 years, although I doubt it? Kinda just bummed. No idea what this could be. Matt sent me a softer shifting tune which helped minimally, but the problem still persists. I do have a warranty so I can bring it to Ford for free but in that case, I’d have to revert my car back to stock and then the problem may not be there anymore, in which they’d probably just tell me that everything is fine. Dealt with this issue with LMS for almost 2 years, decided to buy GH and it’s still here. I still doubt it’s the GH tune since all of you have like no issues, but damn, tranny mounts could be contributing but I doubt that’s the culprit of all this. Annoyed.
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